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PLAYWRIGHTS AND LITERARY GAMES IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINA IBD

LEXINGTON BOOKS
08 / 2010
9780739138571
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Sinopsis

As the first full-length English language survey of China',s rich and sophisticated chuanqi drama, Playwrights and Literary Games in Seventeenth-Century China offers detailed analyses of six canonical plays in the broad socio-historical context of late imperial China, supported by the application of both traditional and modern critical theories. Portraying the playwrights as creative readers of their cultural heritage, this study examines their plays as the products of their attachment to traditions and pursuit of novelty to surpass traditions.